2nd Team All-Efficiency

Top Efficiency Performance of the 2011 – 2012 Season in a Plainfield Game –

2^nd Team All Efficiency 2011-2012

6) Gill St. Bernard – Senior Alex Mitola 5’11” {ER-29} vs. Plainfield

It’s interesting that the top two Efficiency performers played round 1 today against each other.  The Dartmouth bound Mitola will be battling against Yale bound Justin Sears at the next level in the Ivy League next season.  Alex “Radar” Mitola was near perfect from well beyond the 3-point arc.  Mitola shot an eye popping 89% (8 for 9) from deep and shot 80% from the free throw line to score a game high 30 points.  Mitola also earned the Prime Time Player MVP Award.

-The best 3-point shooter in the state will be interesting to watch next year in the IVY League.  The IVY League is known for their exceptional outside shooters.  No doubt that Alex Mitola will live up to his billing and be a player to watch in college. Penn and Vermont were after the talents of Mitola but Dartmouth will be his home for next year.

7) St. Benedict – Junior Kamall Richards 6’7” {ER-26} vs. Plainfield

The Pocono Mountain East (PA) transfer was the unheralded hero for the Grey Bees.  His 2^nd half improvement on the boards proves to be the true difference maker in this game.  With Sears and Dii’Jon Allen-Jordan controlling the glass for the Cardinals, Kamall Richards took over the glass in the 2^nd half to grab a team high 13 rebounds.  Richards shot 63% from the floor to score 12 points with most of his points coming down the critical stretch of the game.  Kamall also reject a team high 2 shots and did not commit a single turnover.  St. Johns, Drexel, Penn State, Bucknell, Pitt, Rhode Island and St. Joseph are recruiting Kamall.  It must not have been a coincidence that the 2004 consensus National Coach of the Year, St. Joseph’s Phil Martelli, was in attendance paying close attention to the Grey Bee star.

-The chatter in the basketball world is saying that Kamal is drawing interest from Cincinnati, VCU, Louisville, Rhode Island, Fordham, LIU and Wagner in addition to the other colleges list above.  The Cardinal Fanatic did get some inside info that Kamal may be leaning to prepping before taken the next step to college.

8) Elizabeth – Junior Isaiah Davis 6’5” {ER-26} vs. Plainfield

Davis pulled the Minutemen within reach of the upset with his perimeter shooting.  Isaiah shot 80% below the arc, shot a sizzling 60% from behind the arc, and was perfect from the foul line to total a game high 19 points.  Davis completed a phenomenal night for his statistical profile by grabbing 4 boards, 3 steals, and 1 rejection.  Davis was also efficient with the ball by completing the night with only 2 turnovers.

-Davis will be one of several sharp shooters returning for the Minutemen of Elizabeth.  Opponents will be receiving a double dose of Isaiah’s next year with Isaiah Johnson (4^th Team All-Efficiency) and Isaiah Davis knocking down treys.  Hakeem Rogers (Honorable Mention) will be the other sharp shooter from deep.  The Minutemen will be rebuilding strong as the Minutemen won the Union County JV Tournament. With the added youth and Isaiah Davis’s ability to penetrate and flush it home or knocking down the deep shots, Elizabeth will be a problem for many opponents.

9) Robeson (NY) – Senior Dwayne Johnson 6’3” {ER-26} vs. Plainfield

Dwayne Johnson AKA “The Roc”, not the wrestler/actor, but Johnson was the rock of the team that held Robeson steady for the upset.  Dwayne’s near perfect shooting was impressive.  Dwayne shot 80% below the arc, 100% from beyond the arc, and 100% from the free throw line to score a team high 15 points.  With that type of precision the only bad shot Dwayne took, was when he did not shoot the Rock!  At 6’3”, Johnson surprises many with his positioning, quickness and leaping ability as he grabbed a team high 8 rebounds.  Dwayne was very efficient in handling the ball as well as he only committed 1 turnover for the entire game.

-Dwayne may be one of the last good players out of Paul Robeson in Brooklyn, New York.  Robeson started off as a gifted and talented school and was achieving academic success but with the closing of multiple high schools in New York City, Robeson was force to accept students from closing schools.  The one time academically successful school suffered with declining test scores to the point where the school is now down to possibly one more basketball season with a city enforced school closing of its own.  Dwayne took on the game time character of Robeson’s head coach, Todd Myles.  Myles, a Brooklyn native, played big time college ball at Mississippi State and came back to his hometown to make a difference.  Myles even saved a student’s life that was bleeding to death from a knife attack on school grounds. 

10) Linden – Senior Shakir Phelps 6’5” {ER-26} vs. Plainfield

Shakir was matching Sekou with his scoring basket for basket.  Shakir shot 62% from the floor to score a team high 26 points.  Shakir also grabbed 6 rebounds and picked up 2 steals.  Phelps had a very Efficient night, as he did not commit a turnover for the entire game.

-Coach Colicchio once quoted as saying, “Shakir is my best player”.  Shakir is an All – Union County Watchung Division player.  Shakir displayed his talents in the North – South All-Star Game by dropping 22 points against the best seniors in the State of New Jersey.  Shakir academics are just as good if not better than his basketball skills.  Phelps is planning to major in Architectural Technology in college. 

Next up:  1^st Team All-Efficiency – The top 5 performances in a Plainfield Game for the 2011-2012 Season….